Clothes-drainer.



v PATENTED MAR.29,1904.

M. N. HALL &-. L. 1). MOHLER.

GLOTHES 'DRAINER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 17.1903.

no MODEL.

- as in Fig. 1.

I UNITE STATES Patented. March :29, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

MOURNIN N. HALL AND LEVI D. MOHLER, OF MoPl-IERSON, KAN SAS.

FCLOTHES-DRAINER- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N6.756,112, dated. March 29, 1904. Application filed June 1'7, 1903. SerialNo. 161,942. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MouRNIN N. HALL and LEVI D. MOHLER, citizens of theUnited States; residing at McPherson, in the county of McPherson andState of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClothes-Drainers, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention aims to provide a drainingreceptacle for use inconnection with the ordinary clothes-boiler, and in its specific formembodies peculiar securing means disposed upon thesaid receptaclewhereby the same may be readily applied and conveniently disposed uponthe boiler, at the same time being adapted to be quickly removed.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowl edge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand draw ings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention aresusceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which. 0

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a boiler, showing the lid thereofdisposed transversely in position for use as a draining-receptacle. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the parts arranged Fig. 3 is a perspective viewof the lid, showing more clearly the engaging means thereon for holdingsame in position when used as adrainer. Fig. 4: shows a modified form ofengaging means for holding the drain-receptacle in position.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

As premised hereinbefore, the invention is adapted for use upon theordinary top of boiler 1 and also the usual form of lid 2. The lid 2 ispreferably of a conical form, being provided with aflange 3 upon itsedges, which is received by the upper portion of the boiler when the lidis disposed so as to close the same. It is very desirable should the lidbe used as a drainer that the flange 8 be of increased width, as shownby the dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. so that the lid may morereadily'hold the clothes. The boiler has a bead 4 at the edge of theopening therein,-

which is formed in the accustomed manner namely, by turning the materialfrom which the boiler is made upon a continuous'piece of wire whichextends entirely about the edge thereof. Perforations or openings 5 arelocated upon a plate 10 upon the inner side of the lid of the boiler inorder to permit the water which drains from the clothes after havingbeen disposed within the drainer-recepta- I cle to pass back into theboiler. These openings are arranged at a somewhat intermediate pointbetween the ends ofv the drainer-receptacle and are provided both uponthe body of the lid and upon the flange?) thereof. When the lid is usedas a drainer, the same is dis posed transversely of the boiler, as mostclearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and in order to secure the lidin the position illustrated engaging means are provided. These engagingmeans consist, preferably, of a series of hooks 6, disposed at intervalsupon the upper side of the lid and longitudinally thereof. These hooksare adapted to engage the bead & upon one side of the boiler, and alatch device is provided upon the opposite portion of the upper side ofthe lid to cooperate with the hook 6 to secure the lid by engagementwith the bead 4 upon the opposite side of the boiler. The latch devicementioned consists of a U-shaped engaging member 7 which member 7 isrigidly secured in place. Pivoted to the lid in any suitable manner is alever 8, which is provided at one end with an eccentric cam 9, which camengages beneath the head 4 when the lever 8 is manipulated in aproperdirection.

The modified form of securing means is illustrated in Fig. 4, consistingsimply in providing a series of hooks similar to the series 6 beforedescribed instead of the latch means. The purpose in having a pluralityof hooks is obvious, being to adapt the lid or draining receptacle forapplication to different sizes of receptacle. The hook 6 may be rigidlyafiixed to the lid by any means found most suitable. The conical form ofthe lid causes same to rest in an inclined position, and this is veryadvantageous, since drained water concentrates toward the openings 5 inthe receptacle.

In using the modified form of engaging means (shown in Fig. 4) it isnecessary that the corresponding hooks adjacent the ends of thereceptacle be engaged beneath the body 4 by a longitudinal movement ofthe said receptacle, with the said hooks disposed so that as thereceptacle is moved toward the central portion of the boiler the saidhooks will ride beneath the head.

The invention is extremely simple. The draining-receptacle may bedisposed very conveniently, so that the clothes may be lifted directlyfrom the boiler into the same, which is of especial importance.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is l. Thecombination with a holding-receptacle, of a drainer-receptacle, engagingmeans disposed adjacent one end of the drainer-receptacle, otherengaging means comprising a U-shaped engaging member disposed upon theopposite end portion of the drainer-receptacle, and a cam-lever pivotedto the U- shaped engaging member aforesaid for cooperation therewith topositively lock the drainer-receptacle to the holding-receptacle.

2. The combination with a holding-receptacle, of a drainer-receptacle,engaging means disposed adjacent one end of the drainer-receptacle,engaging means disposed adjacent the opposite end of thedrainer-receptacle, and lock means cooperating with the lattermentionedengaging means for positively securing the same in engagement with theholding-receptacle.

3. In adrainer for clothes, the combination with a holding-receptaclehaving bead thereon, a drainer-receptacle of conical form disposed uponthe said boiler and provided with openings, a series of hooks disposedadjacent one end of the said receptacle and adapted for engagement withthe bead upon one side of the holding-receptacle, a U-shaped engagingmember disposed upon the opposite end portion of the receptacle andadapted to engage the bead upon theopposite side of the holdingreceptacle, and an eccentric cam adapted to cooperate with the U-shapedmember to positively lock the drainer-receptacle in position upon theholding-receptacle.

In testimony whereof We aifix our signatures in presence of twoWitnesses.

MOURNIN N. HALL. [L. s.] LEVI D. MOHLER. \Vitnesses:

(J. I). WEAVER, O. W. ENGBORG.

